Knob assembly for cook top
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYeonsik HA
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Abstract
A knob assembly includes a front panel, a knob located at a front side of the front panel and configured to rotate based on operation by a user, a knob shaft that is coupled to the knob and that extends through the front panel, a supporting pipe that receives the knob shaft and that supports the knob shaft, the supporting pipe being configured to maintain a position relative to the front panel, a valve configured to control supply of gas to the appliance, a valve shaft connected to the valve and configured to control the valve to adjust a flow rate of gas based on rotation of the valve shaft, and a joint that couples the knob shaft to the valve shaft and that is configured to transfer at least one of a rotational motion or a linear motion of the knob shaft to the valve shaft.
Claims20
A knob ring assembly for an appliance comprising a knob ring configured to be disposed at a front side of a front panel of the appliance, to circumferentially surround a knob of the appliance and to rotate independently of a rotation of the knob,
- wherein the knob ring includes a knob supporting portion that is configured to surround a shaft of the knob and to guide a rotation of the shaft.
An appliance comprising a knob assembly and a front panel defining appearance of the appliance, the knob assembly comprising:
- a knob ring that is disposed at a front side of the front panel and is configured to rotated by a user;
- a knob that is disposed at the front side of the front panel and configured to be rotated by a user independently of a rotation of the knob ring;
- a shaft extending rearward from the knob;
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- a sleeve portion extending away from the knob ring and surrounding the shaft to guide a rotation and an axial movement of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.